Agenda

Opening words by the Chair: Harry Rutter, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Bath & Advisory Board member for the INHERIT project

Welcome remarks, Karin Schindler, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection

Sustainability Now! Karl Falkenberg, Former Senior Advisor to the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) of the European Commission

Behaviour change in the context of health and sustainability, Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London (UCL) 

Local leadership and the EU Urban Agenda, Nicolaas Beets, Special Urban Envoy of the Dutch Interior Ministry, Ambassador of the EU Urban Agenda 

The triple-win solution, Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet & Coordinator of INHERIT 

Panel discussion with research leads          

• Brigit Staatsen, Senior Researcher in Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM)
• Pania Karnaki, Director of Research and Head of European Projects, Institute of Preventive Medicine Environmental & Occupational Health (PROLEPSIS)
• Ruth Bell, Principal Research Fellow and Senior Advisor, UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London (UCL)
• Rosa Strube, Project Manager, Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)
• Geir Arild Espnes, Director, Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Center for Health Promotion Research (NTNU)

How do they do it? Five triple-win practices will be pitched by practice leaders:

• Restructuring Residential Outdoor Areas (SE), Anna Degerfeldt, Social Anthropologist, Urban Utveckling (Urban Development)
• Gent en Garde (BE), Marjolijn Vos, Healthcare Staff Member, Gezond Leven
• Green Gyms for Meatless Mondays in School (UK), Matluba Kahn, study lead at UCL & Craig Lister, Managing Director at Green Gyms
• SWITCH to Active Travel (AT), Wiebke Unbehaun, Practice Lead for SWITCH to Cycling
• Questionmark App (NL), Charlotte Linnebank, Founder & Executive Director, Questionmark

Leading experts reflect further on how these practices address sustainability, behaviour change, and health equity.

• George Morris, Honorary Professor, University of Exeter European Centre for Environment & Human Health
• Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London (UCL)
• Ruth Bell, Principal Research Fellow and Senior Advisor, UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London (UCL)

Participants will select one of three simultaneous workshops and join promising practice leaders and experts to engage on how to upscale/mainstream better living (green space, energy efficient housing), moving (active transport) and consuming (healthy diets) across policy action.

Roundtable discussions will address inter-sectoral cooperation, governance, scalability and economic perspectives.

Workshop rapporteurs present outcomes to inform leadership and policy.

Where do we meet to collectively reach the triple win for health, environment and social inclusion?

A panel with practice and network leaders representing private, public and civil society sectors discuss:

• Nicolaas Beets, Special Urban Envoy of the Dutch Interior Ministry, Ambassador of the EU Urban Agenda
• Eelco Smit, Senior Director Sustainability, Group Sustainability, Philips International B.V.
• Lise Gauvin, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Montreal (ESPUM) and Principle Investigator, Multisectoral Urban Systems for Health and Equity in Canadian Cities (MUSE)

With remarks from:

• Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet & Coordinator of INHERIT
• Mag. Helena Guggenbichler, IEMBA HSG, Secretary General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
• John Ryan, Director, European Commission Health and Food Safety Directorate General, Directorate C – Public Health and Crisis Management